Opened this weekend in New York City

On account of some personal stuff, the latest “Opening this weekend in New York City” will make way for a special “Opened this weekend” edition. We promise not to make a habit out of that.On the art film side of things, the big winner critically and commercially (over...

Opening this weekend in New York City

There are 17 new reviews in today’s New York Times. The most prominent is, of course, Disney’s INSIDE OUT, which A.O. Scott (along with seemingly every other critic in America, save for Ben Sachs in the Chicago Reader) absolutely loves. “An absolute delight – funny...

FILMS GONE WILD: Cannes Report #5

After spending the late evening/early morning hours battling the online screener for MEDITERRANEA to prep for my Daily Buzz interview, I decide to sleep in an extra hour and skip my first planned screening of the day. Sorry, EMILIE, but someone else will need to...

FILMS GONE WILD: Cannes Report #4

One of my goals when I came to Cannes was to duplicate what I routinely would do when I cover Sundance: review the films that weren’t necessarily going to be covered ad nauseum by everyone else. And here, that means going to the screenings of films not in competition,...